First impulse is Tele, but if the SG had P90s in it... I just don't know. Almost nothing trumps those black 72 custom Teles with huge humbuckers though. This is getting harder the more I think about it. I have never owned either but want both equally.

Some of it boils down to the same points made in the LP vs Strat thread. A Tele you can modify everything on, SG not as much. Plus there's the ol' Gibson headstock breakage to worry about.

But these are practical things, and practicality takes a back seat in the guitar thunderdome. I'd dare say a Tele is a bit more versatile than an SG. But damn, SG's look so fucking cool, and a good one will play like a dream.

Seriously? The SG was so horribly designed Les Paul asked them to take his name off. You're putting the guitar that invented the term "headstock dive" against the shark of the guitar world. I know I'm a member of the Telecaster cult, but still.

I don't get this "modding" thing. You all think you can improve so much on an already carefully-designed instrument? Outside of swapping pickups, bridge or tuners, I've never felt any need to hot-rod a guitar because I thought I had a better idea than the designers.